17/07/2008

Blues & Soul 55 March 19-April 1, 1971



Cover/rear photo's: The Supremes & 'Mojo Got Soulpower' Add

Features: James Brown, Joe Simon, Vicki Anderson, Bobby Byrd, Fantastics & The Showstoppers.
Live Dates/News: Supremes & Temptations, Eddie Floyd, Joe Simon, Funkadelic, Dial switches to Mercury in US.
Edverts: Polydor; (Buddah) Cutis Mayfield & Impressions,Pye International; 'Funk' Detroit Emeralds,Sissy Houston & Inez Foxx.
UK Soul Charts
Top 50 Singles: 1- Everything's Tuesday Chairmen Of The Board, 50- Friendship Train Glady's Knight & Pips.
Top 30 Albums: 1- Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4, 30- I'm Just A Prisoner Candi Staton.
US Soul Charts
Top 100 Singles: 1- What's Going On Marvin Gaye, 100- Where Do I Begin Eddie Holman.
Top 50 Albums: 1- Curtis Curtis Mayfield, 50- Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.
Singles Reviewed: Freda Payne Cherish*, Detroit Emeralds Do Me Right* (*Records of The Fortnight), Drifters A Rose By Any Other Name, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson I Thank You, Mel & Tim Backfield In Motion, JB's These Are The JB's, Honey Cone Girls, It Ain't Easy, Delaney & Bonnie Miss Ann, Sissy Houston Be My Baby, Jimmy Ruffin Living In A World I Created For Myself, Diana Ross Remember Me
Albums Reviewed: The Four Tops Changing Times, Ike & Tina Turner 'Live', Bessie Smith Any Woman's Blues, Staple Singers The Best Of, Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll.
Readers Letters: J. Avis (London NW4).
Dave Godin Column: 'Soul Casualty..' Soul falling by the wayside, White artists covering soul songs, What happened to Solumn Burke? Jackie Lee Darkest Days, Bobby Bland, Chubby Checker, Real racket - Bootlegs on the Northern Soul scene, Black term 'Bad' meaning 'Good', Keep the Faith.
Misc: Contempo Record Club, New US albums, Motown Story Mag, Oldies charts March 1967,March 1968, March 1969, March 1970, New US Single, And Now The Isleys have a hit single.
Price: £5 or £2.50 Pdf

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